The Sun is Shining: Summer 2015 Trends
With the urgency and joie de vivre of a couple in their first throws of passion, fashion’s love affair with...
Tradition, Tears and Tantrums
For forty-five years, the British Women’s Association (BWA) of Jakarta has been offering community support and friendship for UK citizens...
High-energy Fashion is Fighting Fit
Gone are the days when sportswear was for the sole purpose of getting downright sweaty at the gym. It has...
Funking Up My Platforms: The Essential ‘70s Style Guide
Listen up, people – get your dancing shoes on and stomp your way into the decade that style almost forgot....
Chic Casas and Designer Domiciles
Our resident style guru Victoria Bannerman dishes out top tips for crafting fashionable interiors for your dream home, from creative...
Once Upon a Fashion Trend: the Spring-Summer 2015 Rundown
Victoria Bannerman urges you to get on the trend trail this summer with her foolproof guide to the major trends...
Glorious Indonesia Fashion Week
The curious, the fashionable, the movers and shakers of Jakarta, resplendent in all their finery, turned up in full force...
Tan for All Seasons
A serendipitous discovery flung open the doors to a quaint and exclusive boutique on Abdul Majid Raya in Jakarta. Its...
Animal Magic
In a bygone era, the colonisation of Africa and Asia brought bountiful riches of unimaginable grandeur and beauty to Europeans....
Jakarta’s Fashion Faux Pas
Victoria Bannerman people-watches in malls to bring you the fashion rights and wrongs of Indonesia’s capital city. Being a stylista,...
The Life of Jean
1849 saw the imagination of the populace captured by the California Gold Rush, turning wise men into fools, honest men...
From Bauble to Lace, Make a Statement this Party Season
The party season is upon us and twixt the baubles and lace, there is no better excuse than to go...
Jakarta Fashion Week Raises the Stakes in the Game of Fashion
Dying beautifully and relinquishing, its flame, the embers of Jakarta Fashion Week 2015 (JFW) leave behind memories on a fashion...
Effortless: President Jokowi Shows How to do Dapper
I can’t claim to be an authority on politics and some would say that what I do purport to know...
Pride and Passion: In Pursuit of the Perfect Bridal Gown
Nothing captures the imagination more than your wedding dress. Never has one garment had so much resting on its shoulders....
Silver Solitaire
Jewellery simply doesn’t care whether you are a size zero or size plentiful; it will add to your frippery and...
Aurelia’s Manolin
There is a novella by Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea. For eighty four days, “old man” Santiago...
Shoe-be-do Heaven
It is official - I am a shoe addict! Four hundred pairs and counting! I don't care much for ‘it’...
From London to the Jaks: A Fashionista’s Journey
Nonchalantly, Mr. Grubstaker dropped it in conversation over a glass of wine, “Hey doll, you fancy hanging out in the...